On Feb 2, 2008 7:19 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Lars Hjemli wrote: > > > + if (len < 10 || buf[len - 1] != '\n' || strncmp(buf, "GITDIR: ", 8)) > > Sorry, missed that earlier: How about > > if (!len || buf[len-1] != '\n' || prefixcmp(buf, "GITDIR: ")) > > instead? (buf does not need be NUL terminated for the prefixcmp(), since > we just made sure it is LF terminated) That's true, although it feels a bit too clever for me ;-) Maybe this as a compromise? static char buf[PATH_MAX + 9]; /* "GITDIR: " + "\n" */ ... if (!len || buf[len - 1] != '\n') return NULL; buf[len - 1] = '\0'; if (prefixcmp(buf, "GITDIR: ")) return NULL; -- larsh - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html